Description
| Product ID: | 9781529790191 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Sage Handbook of Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work |
| Authors: | Author: Andrew Whittaker, John D. Fluke, J. Christopher Graham, Emily Keddell, Campbell Killick, Brian J. Taylor, Aron Shlonsky |
| Page Count: | 656 |
| Subjects: | Social work, Social work |
| Description: | The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key debates and issues; and gives pointers on future directions for practice, research, teaching, management of services, and development of theoretical understandings. It''s key aim is to support the development of sound, applied ‘science’ (knowledge) and values to underpin reasoned, reasonable professional judgement and decision making by social workers in practice and those in management and regulatory roles.
The SAGE Handbook on Decision Making, Assessment and Risk in Social Work provides a comprehensive overview of key strands of research and theoretical concepts in this increasingly important field. A key aim of this Handbook is to support the development of sound, applied knowledge and values to underpin reasoned professional judgement and decision making by social workers in practice and those in management and regulatory roles. With contributions from a global interdisciplinary body of leading and emerging scholars from a wide variety of roles, this handbook has been designed to be internationally generalisable and applicable to all major areas of social work. This Handbook provides a field-defining account of decision making, assessment and risk in social work which is unrivalled for its diversity and strength of coverage, and will be of value to social work researchers, teachers and practitioners, as well as to those in allied fields such as health care.
Section 1: Professional Judgement Section 2: Assessment, Risk and Decision Processes Section 3: Assessment Tools and Approaches Section 4: Developing and Managing Practice Section 5: Concluding Section / Afterword |
| Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-08-18 |
